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SUSE: Urgent Kernel Livepatch Fix for Null Pointer and Binding Errors

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Calendar Grey November 11, 2025
Dist Suse Esm H88
Kernel Livepatch Security Update for SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 addresses critical issues to enhance system safety.
* bsc#1248631 * bsc#1249207 Cross-References: * CVE-2025-38618

Summary

## This update for kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_11 fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-38664: ice: Fix a null pointer dereference in ice_copy_and_init_pkg() (bsc#1248631) * CVE-2025-38618: vsock: Do not allow binding to VMADDR_PORT_ANY (bsc#1249207) ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-kernel-190=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (x86_64) * kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-35-rt-debuginfo-3-1.1 * kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_11-debugsource-3-1.1 * kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-35-rt-3-1.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE important null pointer binding issue kernel livepatch

References

* bsc#1248631

* bsc#1249207

Cross-

* CVE-2025-38618

* CVE-2025-38664

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-38618 ( SUSE ): 7.3

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-38618 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-38664 ( SUSE ): 7.3

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-38664 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38618.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38664.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248631

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249207

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20986-1
Release Date: 2025-11-05T16:16:55Z
Rating: important

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